Paris cracking down on Airbnb hostsAuthorities for Paris have released information regarding certain Airbnb apartments who are disregarding the rules about renting out their apartments, deVere France can report.

With a housing shortage currently preoccupying the minds of Parisian officials, it is understood that they are becoming frustrated with people who rent out their flat to tourists for the majority of the year, breaking the limit of 120 days.

In an attempt to fight back, an interactive map has been enabled on City Hall’s Open Data Portal which shows a list of Airbnb renters who have officially registered their homes as long-term rentals. The hope is that Airbnb users will then take note of this map, squeezing the unregistered renters’ income to the point that they are forced to change their status.

It is estimated that around 44% of the 41,000 full-time rented flats are illegal, with owners not properly adhering to the tax laws. This is fairly evident within the new interactive map, as there is a huge shortage of flats not included.

However, Parisian officials denied that they were attempting to convince neighbours to report illegal letters by launching the list, with a Town Hall spokesperson stating that “we're not launching this site for people to inform on their neighbours.”

Instead it is hoped that the map will convince people to change their ways and register themselves as full-time renters with the authorities. Mathias Vicherat, who is the mayor’s chief of staff, stated: “We hope that this causes a shock of civic conscience, and people begin to follow the rules on their own, without waiting to be eventually reported by a neighbour.”


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